A 4D video game?

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Started by Legend, Feb 27, 2018, 04:58 AM

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Legend

4D Toys on Steam
Yeah I've seen that one but it's still presented as 3D+1D, not full 4D.

Imagine a table, a ball, a light, and a camera. This setup in 2D would look like a 1D line going color of table->color of shadow->color of ball with a bright spot from the light->color of table. IE:


In 3D this setup would look like this:


In 4D, the image is a full 3D volume with every part colored in, the base color being the color of the table. Inside the cube is a 3D looking sphere. Next to that sphere is a stretched sphere with the color of the shadow. Inside the first sphere, the colors get brighter the closer they are to a point away from the shadow sphere. This point is the specular highlight from the light.


Games like the 4D toy box you posted are only showing a 3D slice of the 4D world. The physics behind it are definitely 4D, but it's rendered and interacted with as 3D+1D. It's comparable to a side scrolling platformer that allows you to move in and out. I'd love something like my ball+table example above where it's actually attempting to show you a 4D world.